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BEAVER DAMS – Local law enforcement are looking for a man after reported gunfire Schuyler County Police say at approximately 7:45a.m., the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting gunfire at Mill Hill Road in the town of Dix. Law enforcement was dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, officers encountered an ongoing situation, and subsequent information led them to a secondary location on State Route 414 in the town of Catlin. Protocols to neutralize the situation and ensure the safety of civilians were immediately implemented. Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office, along with the assistance of Chemung County Sheriff’s Office, Steuben County Sheriff’s Office, Watkins Glen Police Department, and the New York State Police, secured the area and initiated an investigation into the incident. Several Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Personnel were also staged at the scene to provide medical assistance. Police say the suspect has been identified as Rexford Smith, also known as ‘Ely’, age 40, of Catlin, NY. His whereabouts are currently unknown, and he could possibly be armed with a firearm. Police urge anyone with information regarding the incident to contact the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office at 607-535-8222 The Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office is currently working to gather additional information and the area remains an active crime scene as law enforcement continues to investigate the incident and apprehend the suspect involved. The sheriff’s office believes this is an isolated incident, and there is no direct threat to the public. Further updates will be provided as additional information becomes available.

An additional press release was just sent out. In addition to the above open letter, the release included the following information:

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by Carol Houssock CHEMUNG - There’s no other way to say it. It sucks to lose your much-anticipated opener. All week the weekend forecast was iffy, with rain showers likely to put a real damper on things. But on Friday things changed, and it appeared all systems were ‘go’ for a Saturday afternoon opener. By early Saturday morning, the one system that mattered most, the weather system, had changed again. Track promoter, Ray Hodge, had no choice but to cancel. This Saturday the track welcomes the Race of Champions Modified Series for a 75-lap event. A year ago, fans watched Austin Beers dominate the event in the family-owned #9. His father, Eric, had won countless races in the familiar blue car. Austin held off Zane Zeiner in the first half of what became an Austin Beers ROC sweep at the Speedrome in ‘23. The Marion Decker Agency Hobby Stocks, Gene’s Automotive 4 Cylinders and JRC Cleaning Bandoleros will also hit the track on May 11th for their first races of the year. Each of those divisions has new competitors lined up to debut their cars and take on veteran racers. While three regular divisions will run that day, fans will have to wait until the first Friday night show (May 17th) to cheer on the Buckley’s Automotive Modifieds and Blauvelt Funeral Home Super Stocks. Everyone is reminded that the upcoming big show on Saturday, May 11th, has a revised start time. Pits will now open at 3 PM, grandstand and practice at 5, and racing begins at 6 PM. Admission is $25 for adults, $22 for seniors ages 65+, $10 for kids ages 6-12, and free for kids ages 5 and under. For information, log on to the track’s website: chemung-speedrome.com, ‘like’ us on Facebook: Chemung Speedrome – Racing at the Drome, or call Ray Hodge, Promoter, at 607-483-3468.

This is being sharedon social media today: Thursday, May 2, 2024 Mr. Collins and Mayor Mandell, and members of the City Council, today was a beautiful day for a walk. I took the new Chemung Chamber Tourism Manager, Alexis Rolston, with me so she could get a first impression as a tourist of downtown Elmira’s Riverfront Park and walking bridge. The New York Susquehanna Basin Water Trail will begin promotion in 2025, and we'll be pushing folks to riverfront Elmira businesses as part of the marketing here in Chemung. I really wanted to see what her first impression would be, since it will be the same impression our tourists will have. Picture it, if you will: As a tourist, you’ll be parking the Centertown Parking Garage, where you’ll have the pleasure of walking through actual human excrement to make your way to downtown Elmira. That’s because the elevators are broken and there’s a homeless encampment in the garage. The stairwells double as a public restroom. We begin our walk at the historic Midtown Building. We pass several vacant businesses on both sides of the garbage-littered street. Business owners are leaving downtown Elmira because there is no parking. A customer who parks once in the parking garage is a customer that is lost to us. Paul Kingsbury said he specifically discussed this with you many years ago and his concerns were dismissed. The folks at Downtown Grind and I discussed this, too. Ultimately, the lack of parking killed their business. Our own organization had a business meeting recently that ended with a declined lunch invitation because our visitor did not want to dine in downtown Elmira after having tiptoed around human fecal matter to get to my office. They didn't feel safe leaving their car in the garage. It was embarrassing, to say the least. As we make it to the corner of S. Main and Water (A) we find a small corner garbage can--seemingly the only one on this side of the block--that has been tagged with graffiti. The sidewalks are filthy and in need of a power-wash. We cross over to Riverfront Park, which was only recently updated but then clearly forgotten, as the beautiful plantings have been overrun by weeds and trash (B). For a brief moment, we can see the beautiful Chemung. There have been talks about building a boardwalk here since at least 2017, but it remains a bleak, concrete wall, blackened with decades of dirt and debris. At 5' 5", it is just a few yards before my only view of the river is replaced with a dirty concrete wall. There is a rusty open pipe sticking out of the ground here, as big as my fist. It has a white piece of plastic ribbon wrapped around it instead of an orange cone. More trash, more weeds, the occasional (beautiful!) tulip, and we find ourselves under the train bridge (C). Filomena Jack has made a beautiful mural here, and we step around a puddle of stagnant water and debris to view it. Under the Clemens Center Parkway (D), we find several dumpsters worth of trash spread all over the place and a tent city. I ask the folks there if they need supplies from us to clean up their garbage. They say they’re fine; who are we to ask? I tell them were with Chemung River Friends and Chemung County Tourism, ask who can I talk to about cleaning up all the garbage. They had chased away our volunteers on April 20th, saying we were on their private property. The tent city folks tell us they have permission from the City Manager to be here, so I can take it up with him. I thank them for the information and we continue. Now we’re in the older part of the park (E), and you have to watch your step because the bricks are broken and have heaved in many places. A mural here has been vandalized and neglected and is peeling away. The garbage can is full and people have begun piling trash next to it. Piles of rotting leaves fill an empty water feature. Again, weeds and garbage abound. At the new walking bridge (F) we find the sidewalks covered in graffiti. The single planter has cigarette butts, no plants. The bench is splintering. Garbage here--and there’s plenty--will find it’s way right into the river. We take note of the single garbage can located at point G. First impression made, we head back. I challenge you to take the same walk and share what you think her first impression was of downtown Elmira—the same impression every tourist will have. Our organization has the desire and the volunteers to transform this area, but we can’t do it without financial support from the City of Elmira. We can maintain the gardens, install new flowers and native plants, educational kiosks, keep the walking paths clear of garbage and debris. We’ll gladly dispose of the needles and meth pipes and get rid of the graffiti. Well set in motion a new downtown that the people of Elmira will discuss with pride. We need your financial support and your public support to do it. Friends of the Chemung River Watershed requests annual financial and police support from the City of Elmira to clean up and maintain the downtown riverfront business area, including daily cleaning of the Centertown Parking Garage, which we will provide. We will also use this funding for when we have to pay the city for permission to cleanup (it costs us $50 per cleanup for permission from the City of Elmira to clean the City of Elmira) unless the City is willing to waive those permit fees. Daily cleaning of the garage is critical to the success of downtown Elmira businesses, and a well-maintained downtown park is just as important, so this is an easy win for the City and a big draw for downtown businesses and tourism. A review of the City's Adopted 2024 Budget Worksheet shows three vacancies in the Buildings department (total salary: $118,332.28) and two vacancies in the Garbage and Refuse Department (sum total: $77,708.80)--a total availability of $196,041.08. Our organization could manage 24/7/365 cleanup of the parking garage and riverfront park walking path and walking bridge for just less than half of that--$80,000 per year, which would include maintaining and improving the gardens; installing picnic areas and educational kiosks; installation and maintenance of art; cleaning the parking garage; keeping the bridge free of graffiti and trash; and more. The only thing the City would have to do is mow the grass (or lend us the mower, and we'll mow the grass, too). The budget shows three vacancies in the police budget. I'd strongly recommend having a dedicated police presence to patrol the garage and downtown area 24 hours a day until it no longer has a reputation as a place where you can do drugs and leave your garbage in your tent city with the blessings of city management. At the point when the parking garage elevators are fixed and we have daily cleaning and a reputation for enforced security, the garage becomes a selling point to downtown businesses and there is no reason for the citizens to balk at parking meter fees. There is so, so much potential here. You have so many citizens who are desperate to help clean up this city if they had the resources to do so. Please consider financially supporting us in this effort and giving us permission to maintain and improve these assets. At the very least, please let me know when we can arrange to remove the homeless encampment and debris from under the bridge, which will require police presence. I look forward to your reply, Elizabeth Zilinski (She/her/hers) Executive Director To find out how you can help or to learn more about the Chemung River Friends, CLICK HERE What are your thoughts on this?

NEW YORK (AP) — Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ‘n’ roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86. Eddy died of cancer Tuesday at the Williamson Health hospital in Franklin, Tennessee, according to his wife, Deed Abbate. With his raucous rhythms, and backing hollers and hand claps, Eddy sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and mastered a distinctive sound based on the premise that a guitar’s bass strings sounded better on tape than the high ones. Source Note: Duane Eddy was born in Corning NY. For those who aren’t sure they’ve heard his music, you’ve likely heard this one:

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A new trailer was released this week. ( NSFW - Language ) Seriously, you've been warned.

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